Play Don't Worry

Infobox Album |
Name = Play Don't Worry


Type = Studio album
Artist = Mick Ronson
Released = 28 February 1975
Genre = Rock
Label = RCA
Producer = Mick Ronson
Last album = 'Slaughter On 10th Avenue"' (1974)
This album = "Play Don't Worry" (1975)
Next album = "Heaven And Hull"
(1994)

"Play Don't Worry" is the second album by former member of The Spiders From Mars, Mick Ronson. It contains mainly covers arranged by Ronson for his own sound, covering everyone from Pure Prairie League, The Velvet Underground, and Little Richard. The backing track to "White Light/White Heat" was salvaged from David Bowie's "Pin Ups" sessions.

Track listing

# "Billy Porter" (Mick Ronson)
# "Angel No. 9" (Craig Fuller)
# "This Is for You" (Laurie Heath)
# "White Light/White Heat" (Lou Reed)
# "Play Don't Worry" (Ronson, Bob Sargeant)
# "Hazy Days" (Ronson)
# "Girl Can't Help It" (Bobby Troup)
# "Empty Bed (Io Me Ne Andrei)" (Claudio Baglioni, Goggio, Ronson)
# "Woman" (Adam Taylor)

Bonus Tracks

# "Seven Days" (Annette Peacock) [Original B-Side]
# "Stone Love" "(Soul Love)" (David Bowie)
# "I'd Rather Be Me" (Ronson)
# "Life on Mars?"
# "Pain in the City" (Ronson)
# "Dogs (French Girl)"
# "Seven Days" [Alternate Take]
# "28 Days Jam" (Ronson)
# "Woman" [Alternate Take]

Personnel

*Mick Ronson - guitar, bass, drums, harmonica, piano, clavinet, synthesizer, vocals
*Jeff Daly - sax, flutes
*Neil Kernon - Arp synthesizer
*Paul Francis - drums
*Mike Garson - piano
*Trevor Bolder - bass, horn
*Richie Dharma - drums
*Aynsley Dunbar - drums
*Tony Newman - drums
*John Mealing - piano
*Ian Hunter - backing vocals on "Girl Can't Help It"
*Vicky Silva - backing vocals
*Beverly Baxter - backing vocals
*Miquel Brown - backing vocals

External links

* [http://www.fabryka.darknation.pl/php-files_en/viewpage.php?page_id=136 Fabryka Industrial Rock webzine] Interview with Neil Kernon (2006)

* [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:axfuxqu5ldje~T1 Allmusic.com Album Review]